diff --git a/home-manager/no-gui.nix b/home-manager/no-gui.nix
index 2aac66c..90e2156 100644
--- a/home-manager/no-gui.nix
+++ b/home-manager/no-gui.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 }:
 let
   rust_pkgs = with pkgs; [
-
     (rust-bin.stable.latest.default.override ({
       extensions = [
         "rust-src"
@@ -104,9 +103,6 @@ in
       # adds `sensors` command
       lm_sensors
 
-      # rssfeed
-      newsboat
-
       just
 
       pfetch-rs
@@ -180,8 +176,6 @@ in
 
       tcpdump
 
-      linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_14.perf
-
       borgbackup
 
       tinyxxd
@@ -213,13 +207,6 @@ in
     EDITOR = "hx";
   };
 
-  # feed reader
-  programs.newsboat = {
-    enable = true;
-    # store rss feeds in a separate file because it's *a lot*
-    urls = import ./progs/rss.nix;
-  };
-
   # git (self explanatory)
   programs.git = {
     enable = true;
diff --git a/home-manager/progs/rss.nix b/home-manager/progs/rss.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 098ed00..0000000
--- a/home-manager/progs/rss.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    title = "Stratechery";
-    url = "https://stratechery.passport.online/feed/rss/2gi1tPZ8Ta36Tsx7rDLM5P";
-  }
-
-  {
-    title = "Factorio Blog";
-    url = "https://www.factorio.com/blog/rss";
-  }
-
-  {
-    title = "Servo Blog";
-    url = "https://servo.org/blog/feed.xml";
-  }
-
-  {
-    title = "Alyssa Rosenzweig";
-    url = "https://rosenzweig.io/feed.xml";
-  }
-
-  {
-    title = "Marc's Blog";
-    url = "https://brooker.co.za/blog/rss.xml";
-  }
-
-  {
-    title = "Fabien Sanglard";
-    url = "https://fabiensanglard.net/rss.xml";
-  }
-
-  {
-    title = "Xuanwo's Blog";
-    url = "https://xuanwo.io/index.xml";
-  }
-
-  {
-    title = "Carlos Galdino";
-    url = "https://blog.carlosgaldino.com/atom.xml";
-  }
-
-  {
-    title = "soatok";
-    url = "https://soatok.blog/feed/";
-  }
-
-  {
-    title = "Jack Garbus";
-    url = "https://jarbus.net/index.xml";
-  }
-
-  {
-    title = "GioCities";
-    url = "https://blog.giovanh.com/feeds/atom.xml";
-  }
-
-  {
-    title = "mcyoung";
-    url = "https://mcyoung.xyz/atom.xml";
-  }
-
-  {
-    title = "Chips and Cheese";
-    url = "https://chipsandcheese.com/feed/";
-  }
-
-  {
-    title = "System5";
-    url = "https://blogsystem5.substack.com/feed";
-  }
-
-  {
-    title = "lwn";
-    url = "https://lwn.net/headlines/Features";
-  }
-
-  {
-    title = "Jellyfin Blog";
-    url = "https://jellyfin.org/posts/rss.xml";
-  }
-]